Ford Otomotiv Sanayi As

Commercial-vehicle and tooling manufacturer | Kocaeli, Türkiye

Updated Sep 2026

Ford Otosan is a publicly traded Ford Motor Company–Koç Holding joint venture and an integrated manufacturer of Ford commercial vehicles, heavy trucks, engines, powertrains and production dies. Founded in 1959, it operates manufacturing sites in Kocaeli and Eskişehir as well as R&D and logistics operations in Istanbul, with a further plant in Craiova, Romania. Its Kocaeli facilities undertake Transit and Custom production and include press, body, paint, assembly, tool-and-die and quality functions. [1][2]

Business type

Manufacturer: integrated vehicle, engine, powertrain and production-die operations, rather than a trading company.^1,2,3

Location

Kocaeli, Türkiye; the Kocaeli campus comprises the Gölcük and Yeniköy plants.²

Founded

1959, when Otomobil Sanayi – Otosan A.Ş. and its first assembly factory were established.⁷

Employees

More than 25,000 employees across its operating centers, according to the company.¹

Products

Ford Transit and Custom light commercial vehicles; Ford Trucks heavy-duty trucks and tractors; diesel engines and powertrains.^1,4

Capabilities

Kocaeli integrates tool-and-die, press, body, paint and assembly operations; the company also states it can design, develop and test a complete vehicle including its engine.^1,2

Production scale

934,500-vehicle annual capacity across its operations; Kocaeli plants account for 612,500 units, including Gölcük and Yeniköy.³

Tooling

The Gölcük die workshop designs, engineers, tests and manufactures aluminum and sheet-metal part dies; it states annual turnkey capacity of 160 medium and large dies.⁵

R&D

Its R&D organization supports Ford light-commercial-vehicle design and engineering and is Ford's global engineering center for heavy trucks, diesel engines and engine systems.⁶

Ownership

Publicly traded company (18%) jointly held by Ford Motor Company (41%) and Koç Holding (41%).¹

Certifications

Company certificate page lists ISO 9001 quality, ISO 14001 environmental, ISO 45001 occupational health and safety, ISO 50001 energy, ISO 27001 information security and ISO 10002 customer-satisfaction management systems.⁹

Commercial contact

Ford Otosan Die Workshop: toolanddie@ford.com.tr; +90 262 315 50 00, extension 6411.⁵

Customers

Ford, Ford Motor Company, Ford Metal Stamping Chicago, Ford Motor Sterling Plant, Piston Automotive LLC^1,4,8

Key people

Güven Özyurt, Ford Otosan Leader and member of the Board of Directors; Ali Yıldırım Koç, Chairman of the Board; Cem Temel, Commercial Vehicles Leader^10,11

Best suited for: Best suited to OEM and Tier-1 automotive buyers seeking high-volume commercial-vehicle manufacturing, Ford-platform engineering, or turnkey sheet-metal press-die capability.

Researched profile of Ford Otomotiv Sanayi As, 7 Sept 2026, from 11 sources. Shipment figures elsewhere on this page are from US customs records, not from these sources.